A Shot of AG
Growing Up With Cougars on a Leash
Clip: Season 6 Episode 26 | 55sVideo has Closed Captions
Kathy Albert recalls growing up around exotic animals, including a pet cougar.
Kathy Albert shares the unusual childhood that helped prepare her for a life working with animals. Her father was an exotic veterinarian, which meant birds, exotic pets and even cougars were part of everyday life. Albert remembers the moment she realized that casually walking a cougar on a leash was not nearly as normal as it seemed in her family.
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A Shot of AG
Growing Up With Cougars on a Leash
Clip: Season 6 Episode 26 | 55sVideo has Closed Captions
Kathy Albert shares the unusual childhood that helped prepare her for a life working with animals. Her father was an exotic veterinarian, which meant birds, exotic pets and even cougars were part of everyday life. Albert remembers the moment she realized that casually walking a cougar on a leash was not nearly as normal as it seemed in her family.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipOkay, let's start with you.
You didn't grow up on a farm, grew up in Chicago, and your parent, your dad was an exotic vet.
- Avian and exotic, primarily birds and exotics.
- Like what kind of exotics?
- I thought it was normal to walk a cougar on a leash and realized mid grade school that I was the weird one.
- You would, a cougar on a leash?
- I had a strange childhood.
- I mean, I didn't even know you could tame a cougar.
- They act like a domestic cat.
Just bigger.
- Yeah, but they could, did they have claws?
You take those off?
- No, they're declawed.
- Okay.
Take their teeth out?
- No.
- So they could- - You could train them.
- You could, did you ask Siegfried and Roy about that?
Didn't work so good with those two boys.
- That's true.
- Yeah.
How Kathy Albert Discovered Alpacas
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Clip: S6 Ep26 | 1m 37s | Kathy Albert shares how a magazine ad sparked her interest in raising alpacas. (1m 37s)
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Clip: S6 Ep26 | 1m 8s | Kathy Albert explains how alpacas, farm visits and fiber support her business. (1m 8s)
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